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Sinan Ülgen

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Sinan Ülgen, a former Turkish diplomat, is Director of EDAM, an Istanbul-based think tank, and a senior policy fellow at Carnegie Europe.

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  1. Turkey’s Triumphant Opposition
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    Turkey’s Triumphant Opposition

    Apr 3, 2024 Sinan Ülgen considers the implications of the ruling AKP’s resounding defeat in the most recent local elections.

  2. Why Turkey Is Imperiling NATO Enlargement
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    Why Turkey Is Imperiling NATO Enlargement

    Jun 6, 2022 Sinan Ülgen explains President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s negative stance toward Finland and Sweden’s accession.

  3. Updating the Global Refugee Regime
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    Updating the Global Refugee Regime

    Sep 8, 2021 Sinan Ülgen suggests how the world’s response to cross-border flows should be strengthened for a new era of displacement.

  4. The US Is Still Needed in Syria
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    The US Is Still Needed in Syria

    Jul 2, 2019 Charles A. Kupchan & Sinan Ülgen explain why the Trump administration's effort to extricate itself from the conflict is dangerously premature.

  5. Erdoğan the Magnificent
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    Erdoğan the Magnificent

    Jun 26, 2018 Sinan Ülgen sees two practical constraints on the newly reelected Turkish president's vastly expanded powers.

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    To Prosper, India Must Close Its Gender Employment Gap

    Kanika Mahajan urges policymakers to create an inclusive labor market by implementing business-friendly measures.
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    Stablecoins Can Defend the Dollar’s Global Status

    Paul Ryan prefers a payments system built by private industry in the US to one built by the People’s Bank of China.
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    Unleashing Solar Power’s Bright Future

    Fatih Birol & Ajay Mathur see the rapid growth of solar power as a promising sign of what is possible in the fight against climate change.
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    Anders Åslund on the Trump threat, Ukrainian security, Putin's survival, and more

    Anders Åslund considers what the US presidential election will mean for Ukraine, says that only a humiliating loss in the war could threaten Vladimir Putin’s position, urges the EU to take additional steps to ensure a rapid and successful Ukrainian accession, and more.
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    Why Do Countries Prosper?

    Antara Haldar considers what this year’s Nobel Prize-winning economic research gets right, and what it overlooks.
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    Made in America 2.0

    Todd G. Buchholz & Michael Mindlin foresee the US weathering the coming trade storm, thanks to its energy resources and innovation centers.
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    When the Left Goes Far Right

    Jan-Werner Mueller considers what drives some politicians to reverse their political allegiances.
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    The Right Climate Finance for Developing Economies

    Hippolyte Fofack urges the Global North to focus on vulnerable countries’ need to invest in adaptation-related infrastructure.
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    Self-Managed Abortion Saves Lives

    Andrés Constantin & Katherine Mayall urge policymakers to remove the barriers preventing women from terminating unwanted pregnancies on their own.

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